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Steven Russell

Russell had been constantly texting for 20 minutes while driving his car before he ploughed in to a pedestrian.

Robert Morris was crossing Ansty Road following a Christmas drink with family when he was hit by Russell's Jaguar on December 17, 2016.

Russell, 42, of Hillfields, was jailed for seven years after being convicted of causing death by dangerous driving, with a further 18 months on top after admitting to harassment and criminal damage charges, that included him telling another man he was going to "put a bullet in your head".

Railway bridge protester

Attention-seeking Saul Linton staged a protest by climbing onto the cage over the footbridge at Rugby railway station - causing the disruption of 43 train services at a cost of £2million.

Saul Linton outside Warwick Crown Court (Image: Paul Beard)

Despite being on bail for spraying police officers with illegal CS gas, 'career criminal' Linton was again granted bail and went on to stage a roof-top protest, hurling chunks of mortar at the police.

Linton, 25, was jailed for a total of four years and 11 months after pleading guilty to offences including possessing a prohibited firearm, using a firearm with intent to resist arrest, assaulting police officers, obstructing the railway, causing a public nuisance and theft.